/*
 * Copyright 2010 Francisco Modesto
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 * the License.
 */
package com.googlecode.gwt.tinyaop.client;

/**
 * An object capable of providing instances of {@link Interceptor}. Providers are
 * instantiate during the constructor of the intercepted class, and are shared for
 * all the methods in the class.<br>
 * Providers are useful for instantiate {@link Interceptor}s that requires special
 * arguments in the constructor. Or that needs a different scope than just the
 * method call. 
 */
public interface Provider {
  
  /**
   * 
   * @param descriptor
   * @return
   */
  Interceptor get(MethodDescriptor descriptor);
}
